# What makes a city great? [Video]

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2014-06-17
**Categories:** architect-this-city, atc, city-ranking, copenhagen, crime, education, monocle, quality-of-life, tokyo, tyler-brule, uncategorized, vancouver, video, wine
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/what-makes-a-city-great-%5Bvideo%5D

## Content

Each year Monocle publishes a ranking of the top 25 cities around the world in terms of quality of life. Different than most city rankings, the survey goes beyond the more typical metrics around crime, education and so on, and also looks at some of the softer aspects of quality of life. Metrics such as: Can I get a good glass of wine at 1am? What they’re after is a more truthful ranking of the cities that people actually want to live in. This year Copenhagen took the number one spot. Vancouver took first in North America. And Tokyo took first in Asia. All 3 cities have scored well since they began the survey. Monocle also released a short video that looks at these 3 cities and explains a bit about their ranking methodology. Click here to watch the video. It’s only about 7 minutes long, but it’ll probably make you want to visit all 3 cities. I’ve never been to Copenhagen, but it’s certainly on my list.

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